#blessed tears

{[SLAY]: [Rot Ice Horror]}

The monster crawls towards you and smashes its claw against the face of the mech suit. It is close enough now that you can punch it directly in the face. 

The creature recoils in pain, and you drive the drill directly into its skull. The whirr mixes with the sickening crunch of flesh and exoskeleton.

The creature finally bursts into a collage of light and color. [The Rot Ice Horror]… is dead.

[You gained +1 Blessed Tear][You gained +1HP and +1MP]

The Mining mech has sustained too much damage and with a loud metallic groan it shuts down, this time for good. The sensation of control fades and it feels like dying. 

You scramble to find a way out of the tight confines of the mech’s enige but you can barely move. As you thrash about, a familiar feeling obscures your vision…

Everything goes dark…

{[You Have Reached: [Level 5]}

{[You now can invest your experience.]}

Leveling Up:You have [1] point to invest in:[The House of the North] [The House of the East][The House of the South]

You have [1] point to invest in:[The Sign of the Lion] {+1 Strength +5 Health} per point[The Sign of the Bull] {+1 Defense +1 Health regain} per point[The Sign of the Beetle] {+1 Spell Resistance +1 Mana regain} per point[The Sign of the Spider]{+1 Spell Power +5 Mana} per point

{The machine is devouring you soul as it shuts down… -2 MANA}

{You have 4 actions left before the Mining Mech consumes you.}

[STATUS] (new!)[QUESTS][MAP]

{[GO]: [LEFT]}

You decide to head deeper into the ruined house, to see what is on the far side of the building.

Instead, you find that a large portion of the wall has fallen away, leading back out into the [Swamp of Tears]

You stop by a [Broken Stone Fountain] in a clearing, the sound of lapping of water makes you stop in your tracks.

A [Massive Green Horned Creature] is drinking from a [Clear Pond] at the base of the broken fountain.

It looks like an [Orbo]… only three times the normal size, and a coat full of moss and knotted with wild flowers. Instead of two clean horns, it has a massive rack of antlers that run down it’s neck and spine. Dozens of tiny [Glow flies] hover around it’s mane, barely visible in the bright morning light.

It notices your presence and stops drinking. It rears it’s head and you can see it’s two glowing yellow eyes towering far above you. The creature emits a few grunts, wiggles it’s ear and then turns around, heading deeper into the swamp at a calm pace.

The encounter almost feels like it didn’t really happen, the strong smell of freshly overturned dirt and blooming followers lingers in the air for a moment before being lost to the breeze. Your eyes almost ache from the piercing glow of it’s yellow eyes. This was not a normal wild animal.

Come to think of it, you have not seen any truly ‘wild’ animals up close yet. The Orbo back at the goblin camp was tame and had it’s trainer nearby, the birds you saw with Cal on the mountain top were through a spyglass.

This is your first real encounter with the wildlife of this land.And what a creature for your first encounter. There was something strange about this creature and you can feel it in your soul.

As you take a moment to reflect on this moment, a sensation of serenity and calm floods your body. You feel… at peace…

You have received a holy blessing from a great spirit. All HP and MP fully restored

{ The Blessed Tears }:

Level [1]: You now receive +1HP and +1MP after defeating an enemy. 

All [Southern Magic] has a temporary bonus in this area.

As the wave of calm passes, you take a moment to observe your surroundings.

The [Broken Fountain] has water being pumped into it still, forming a [Small Pond] and you can’t tell if it is too deep for you to cross or not.

A [Broken Roof tile] lies haphazardly on the other side.The access to the [Second Floor] of the building seems damage and you cannot reach it from the ground at the moment.

The [LEFT] path leads deeper into the Sunken City, and the [Hole] in the wall leads back [IN] to the ruined house.

[STATUS] (NEW!)[QUESTS][MAP]

What Should We Do Now?